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<blockquote data-quote="JonS" data-source="post: 1706515" data-attributes="member: 211952">silica dust? I deeply inhaled significant amounts of silica dust and now have a tight chest and wheezing noise/cough/ when I exhale which hasn&#039;t gone away for 2 months.After extensive research I have concluded that the only way to remove this from my lungs is a &quot;whole-lung lavage&quot;, or eventually this will develop into silicosis and eventually fibrosis and possibly cancer.This is a procedure where doctors completely fill/drain each lung with warm salty water (saline) to clean them out. However it is often reserved only for people with a medical record of lung illnesses and I haven&#039;t been to a doctor in many years. I am afraid they will refuse me this treatment when I tell them I was exposed to silica dust without years of experience working with it.&nbsp;The exposure was due to contaminated tobacco and I am unable to contact the person who I received it from. A sample was sent to a laboratory which was confirmed to contain a large amount of fine silica dust, so small that the lungs cannot remove it through natural cleaning processes.&nbsp;This is truly a matter of life and death and depends on advice. I am the only person who knows about this. I do not want to stress my family with this situation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JonS, post: 1706515, member: 211952"] silica dust? I deeply inhaled significant amounts of silica dust and now have a tight chest and wheezing noise/cough/ when I exhale which hasn't gone away for 2 months. After extensive research I have concluded that the only way to remove this from my lungs is a "whole-lung lavage", or eventually this will develop into silicosis and eventually fibrosis and possibly cancer. This is a procedure where doctors completely fill/drain each lung with warm salty water (saline) to clean them out. However it is often reserved only for people with a medical record of lung illnesses and I haven't been to a doctor in many years. I am afraid they will refuse me this treatment when I tell them I was exposed to silica dust without years of experience working with it. The exposure was due to contaminated tobacco and I am unable to contact the person who I received it from. A sample was sent to a laboratory which was confirmed to contain a large amount of fine silica dust, so small that the lungs cannot remove it through natural cleaning processes. This is truly a matter of life and death and depends on advice. I am the only person who knows about this. I do not want to stress my family with this situation. [/QUOTE]

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